Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
the waters pierce through the very stones by little and little, the floods wash away the gravel and the earth. Even so destroyest thou the hope of man in like manner.
New American Standard Bible
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You
King James Version
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Holman Bible
and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
so You destroy a man’s hope.
International Standard Version
Water wears away stones; floods wash away topsoil from the land but you destroy the hope of human beings just like that!
A Conservative Version
The waters wear the stones. The overflowings of it wash away the dust of the earth. So thou destroy the hope of man.
American Standard Version
The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.
Amplified
Water wears away the stones,
Its floods and torrents wash away the soil of the earth,
So You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man.
Bible in Basic English
The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.
Darby Translation
The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
Julia Smith Translation
The waters rubbed the stones: thou wilt overflow the flowings of the dust of the earth; and thou didst destroy the hope of man.
King James 2000
The waters wear the stones: you wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and you destroy the hope of man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Water wears away stones; its torrents wash away [the] soil of [the] earth; so you destroy the hope of human beings.
Modern King James verseion
The waters wear away the stones; the outpouring of it washes the dust of the earth; and You cause the hope of man to perish.
NET Bible
as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.
New Heart English Bible
The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
The Emphasized Bible
Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:
Webster
The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.
World English Bible
The waters wear the stones. The torrents of it wash away the dust of the earth. So you destroy the hope of man.
Youngs Literal Translation
Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.
Interlinear
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Caphiyach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 14:19
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job Continues To Argue His Case With God
18 The mountains fall away at the last, the rocks are removed out of their place; 19 the waters pierce through the very stones by little and little, the floods wash away the gravel and the earth. Even so destroyest thou the hope of man in like manner. 20 Thou prevailest against him, so that he passeth away; thou changes his estate, and puttest him from thee.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 6:17
For behold, I will bring in a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh from under heaven, wherein breath of life is, so that all that is in the earth shall perish.
Genesis 7:21-23
And all flesh that moved on the earth, both birds, cattle and beasts, perished; with all that crept on the earth, and all men:
Job 7:6
my days pass over more speedily than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
Job 19:10
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am undone: My hope hath he taken away from me, as it were a tree plucked up by the root.
Job 27:8
What hope hath the hypocrite, though he have great good, and though God give him riches after his heart's desire?
Psalm 30:6-7
And in my prosperity I said, "I shall never be removed." And why? Thou, LORD, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong.
Ezekiel 37:11
Moreover, he said unto me, "Thou son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, we are clean cut off.'
Luke 12:19-20
and I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years, take thine ease: eat, drink and be merry.'